Today's Features

Ted Lockwood may have been United World College-USA’s first president, but as anyone who has read his book “Dreams & Promises: The Story of the Armand Hammer United World College” knows, he also played a critical role in the school’s founding.

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• Story Time at Carnegie Library, 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the children’s area of the public library. This week’s book is “Dora’s Pirate Adventure" by Leslie Valdes. Free and open to the public.
• Fine Art Print lecture series talk by Dr. Robert Bell, 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 19 at the Art Viewing Room on the second floor of Donnelly Library. For more information, call Bob Read at 454-3338.

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• The Guidance and Counseling Program of New Mexico Highlands University is offering counseling services to the community this semester. Call 454-3564. The counseling is confidential, free and supervised by the training professor of the Guidance and Counseling Program. The sessions are offered on Thursdays between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Submit your calendar items and notices to mlopez@lasvegasoptic.com
• The Guidance and Counseling Program of New Mexico Highlands University is offering counseling services to the community this semester. Call 454-3564. The counseling is confidential, free and supervised by the training professor of the Guidance and Counseling Program. The sessions are offered on Thursdays between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

VAULT, an internationally acclaimed aerial dance company, is coming to Peñasco Theatre this Saturday and Sunday.

The brainchild of Amy Ell, a performance artist with more than 20 years of dance and theatre under her belt, VAULT tours nationally and internationally and challenges the conventions of contemporary dance.

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• Ain’t Got No Frijoles Blues Festival, 8 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Sept 14 at the Plaza Hotel Ballroom and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the Plaza Park Gazebo. The dance on Friday evening is $8; however, the concert on Saturday is free. For more information, call 454-6771.

The rainy morning last Saturday didn’t put a damper on the dedication ceremony for the newly restored Cleveland Park.

Work on the park began on June 4 and continued for 10 weeks. Eight youth, ages 16 to 20, partnered with the Rocky Mountain Youth Corp and the local restoration committee on the project.

Mora County Manager Tomas Sanchez welcomed the group and made the introductions. Among those present were Carl Colonius, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Youth Corp in Taos, and Mary Passaglie, assistant director of the RMYC.